Shoe-polishing stand



June 18, 1929.

W. H. WHITE SHOE POLISHING STAND Filed June 5, 1924 15 tomer in his descent from the raised platinterfering with the. customer taking his 65 Patented June 18,1929. I I I 3 147175594 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE. 4

WILLIAM H. WHITE, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO REGAL SHOE COM- PANY, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-POLISHING STAND.-

.Application filed June 5, 1924. Serial No. 717,984.

This invention relates to shoe polishing of this character are generally provided stands of the kind in which the customer with upstanding brackets between which having the shoes polished is seated on a the customer muststep in taking hisposibench or chair placed on a platform and tion for shoe polishing or in descending 5 rests his shoe on a suitably located foot rest therefrom, and accidents often happen due 55 for support during the polishing of the shoe to catching the foot against these brackets by the attendant. when stepping down from the chair er It is the object of the present invention bench. I s 1 p to provide a simple, and instantly adjustable In the present invention this objection or device of this character which is so condefect is overcome by so mountingthe foot- 60 structed that it can be raised to the desired rest member that it may be left normally level to support the foot during the polishin lowered position where it presents only ing operation, and which can be dropped out a thin plate resting flat on the top or floor of the way to prevent obstructing the cusof the platform, and presenting no obstacle form. seat or descending therefrom, s To this end the invention comprises, gen- In the form illustrated, I have shown at erally speaking, in combination with a plat- 1, the usual platform or box which carries form or base, a bracket secured, thereto a chair or bench 2, on which the customer and a foot-rest comprising an upright or isseated while having his shoes polished.- 70 rod provided with a foot-supporting plate A foot-rest supporting bracket 6, comprisor head arranged to have sliding support ing preferablya tubular member, is proand engagement with the bracket, whereby vided intermediate of its ends with an anguthe foot-rest may be dropped tothe floor larly disposed flange or plate 6 which is of the platform and may be raised to the secured to the underneath surface of the 75 working position and maintained there fioor of the platform 1, by means of'nails while it is in use. These and other features or screws. The angular relation of the of this invention will be pointed. out in attaching member 6 to the tubular portion" the following specification and will be deof this bracket may be such as I suits confined in the claims hereto annexed. venience, but in the drawings this angle is so In the accompanying drawings I have about with theupper portion of the tube illustrated a simple and convenient construcabove the flange projecting upward through tion and arrangement embodying and illusthe receiving hole inthe floor to lie flush trating the principles of this invention, in with the top ofthe floor. 35 which: a The foot-rest comprises, in this case, a Figure 1 shows, in side elevation, a shoe slidable armor rod 3, whose upper end is stand with the foot-rest in working position provided with a foot-supporting plate or to support the foot at a convenient level member 4, which latter is preferably pivotfor the polisher. ally connected toxthe upper end portion of I 40 Figure 2 is an enlarged central section the rod 3-by means of a pivot pinopassing showing the. foot rest supporting bracket transversely through a depending lug or ear and the means for retaining it in position 4? and the opposite side walls of the'rod 3, for use. the rod being slotted or notched at its upper Figure 3 isa plan view of the foot-rest end, as indicated in Figures 1 and 3, to and the adjacent portion of the platform. receive the ear on the bottom of the foot- Figure 4 is a cross section of the slide-rod plate 4.- The upper end of the rod 3 is l of the foot-rest showing, in dotted lines, the formed with two angu'larly disposed faces, position of the ball detent which'holds it in one of which lies in a substantiallyhori working position. zontal plane, as shown at 3 and the other As is well known, shoe polishing stands of which lies at an angle therets to form a stop 3 against which the bottom of the footplate el abuts when sustaining the foot of the customer.

' It will be seen that when thefoot-rest is lowered to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1', the foot-plate 4 rests fiat on the floor of the platform, while when the foot-rest is in workingv position the foot plate 4: accommodated itself to theproper angle to suitably support the shoe being polished. I, V

To avoid delay, consequent upon manipulation of adjusting members, ,I prefer to use. an automatically acting detent or retaining means forsupporting the foot-rest in its proper raised position. As shown in Figure 2, the rod or'arm 3 is formed on its underside with a longitudinal groove 3, which terminates a short distance above the lowerend of said rod. A set screw 11, with preferablya rounded inner end, is inserted through a threaded hole in the tubular sleeve or bracket 6 so as to form a key or spline projecting into this groove sufficiently to guide the rod in its sliding'movement and prevent its accidental withdrawal in case the attendant pulls it forward too far.

The foot-resting supporting bracket is also provided, on its under side, withan internally threadedboss 6 in. which is adjustably secured a hollow milled end screw 8 inside of which is placed'aball 9 against which presses a compressed helical spring 10, so that the ball acts'as a yielding plunger seating itself under: pressure in the longitudinal groove 3. -At a suitable location there willbe formed one or more sockets 3 directly in the central line ofthe groove 3, and somewhat deeper than the groove and of a size to receive the ballplunger 9, when the rod 3 is raised sufficiently to bring the socketinto registry with said ball plunger.

The socket" is sufiiciently shallow so that, under a moderately strong direct axial thrust,

of the operator. It will, therefore, be seen that no manipulation offastening devices is required since, after the customer has taken his seat, the attendant can instantly pull up the footer'est to working "position, and after the polishing operation is over he can easily push it down into lowered position fiaton the lioorso as to afford no obstruction whatever to thecustomer from his steppmg down from the stand. B merel ad HSlJlH the;

. y l a screw 8 the desired pressure upon the plunger may be obtained.

l/Vhile described as a stand for shoe polishing service, the above described device is equally adapted for use in shoe stores for trying on and fitting shoes to customers.

What I claim is:

1. In a shoe polishing stand, the combination with a raised platform provided with a seat, of a foot-rest mounted on said platform. in front of the seat and embracing a bearing bracket ha-ving an oblique downwardly and rearwardly inclined sleeve, a rod 7 slidably mounted in said sleeve, means to releasably maintain said rod in raised serv ice position, a fo0t-rest plate hinged to the forwardly projecting upper end of said oblique rod, a stop forsaid plate formed on the rod below the point of attachment of the plate, to allow the plate to be inclined to receive the foot of a person occupying said seat, therod and the footrest being shiftable to lowered position to allowthe foot-rest to lie flat on the platform, thereby presenting no obstruction to one mountingto or descending from theseat;

2. In a stand for shoe polishing or the like, the combinationwith a platform having a rearwardly disposed seat, ofa bracket secured into the floorof the platform with its upper portion substantially flush with the top of said floor, aslide-rod supported to slide in said bracket at a forwardly inclinedangle to the plane ofthe floor, a footsupporting plate pivotally attached to the upper end 'of'said rod and adapted to engage with either of two faces formed at the upper end of said rod, thereby supporting the foot-plate at the appropriate angles to receive the foot when the rest is. raised and to lie fiat on the platform when the rest is' lowered.

3. In a stand for shoe polishing orthe like, the combination with a platform provided with a seat-atv its rear, a foot-rest and a supporting rod therefor arranged infront of the seat, the rod being-mounted to incline forwardlyfrom said seat and slidable up and down in the direction of such inclina 'tion, and a self-locking means for retaining said rodin raised position, said locking means being yielding and releasable by anendwisewpressure against'the rod.

4. The combination with a platform and a seat, an'oblique forwardly inclined sliderod mounted forwardly of'said seat, a foot rest-plate. pivotally attached to the upper end of said slide-rod andtiltable to an inclined position to receive a foot of thesperment: thereof upon. application of pressure axially of and at the outer end of said rod.

5. Anattachment for a shoe polishing stand, embracing a bracket formed witha sleeve and adaptedto besecured to. the floor of the platform, a slide-rod mounted in said and means providing a spline and groove engagement between said bracket and said slide-rod to prevent the slide-rod from turn- 10 ing and from being Withdrawn externally from the bracket, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof, I have subscribed the above specification.

WILLIAM H. WHITE. 

